Student Government Senate passed President Cody Wells and Vice President Kathleen Bordelon’s executive budget at Wednesday’s meeting.
Wells and Bordelon each decreased their salaries by $200 and channeled the money to the general contingency fund and the executive programming fund.
Wells said he plans to revisit the budget by the midyear point next year.
Senate also passed a resolution to the Louisiana Legislature to consider and evaluate the proposals brought forth by the Student Government Department of Economic Advising, crafted by SG economic advisers.
Sen. Tyler Loga read a note from former Sen. Jackson Voss, now the assistant director of First Year Experience. Voss’s note said a member of SG was responsible for creating the inaccurate tweet on Monday saying there was a threat of an armed and suicidal person on campus. Voss’ note said SG should not condone such behavior, which is “irresponsible” and “unacceptable.”
SG President Cody Wells rebuked Voss’s comments, and said from his understanding, an SG member did not begin the fake warning message. He clarified “SG would never condone” sending out a fake message.
During public input, Mario Murphy of HighDef productions thanked SG for its support and what it has done for students. He offered Wells, Senate Speaker Aaron Caffarel and University Court Chief Justice Danielle Rushing complementary tickets to his show today, Springfest, in the PMAC, but all three declined the tickets for ethical purposes, though they expressed their gratitude.
The Senate appointed many executive staff positions. At the end of their appointment session, the Senate moved to a 30-minute executive session, disallowing all media and guests who were not members of the Senate.
Former presidential candidate David Jones resigned from the Senate via Sen. Emily Landry, as he was not present at the meeting.
 
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